Hay-sling



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J. TONEY.

HAY SLING.

No. 393,940. Patented Dec. 4,1888.

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J. TONEY.

- ,HAYSLING.

No. 393,940. Patented Dec. 4, 1888.

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U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAY TONEY, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,940, dated December4, 1888. Application filed September 7, 1887. Serial No. 249,017. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAY TONEY, of Omaha, in the county of Douglas andState of Nebraska, have invented a new and Improved Hay sling, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is ageneral view showing the different parts of my hay-sling.Fig. 2 illustrates the method of using my invention without the pulley,one of the side plates of the coupler being removed to show theconstruction thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on theline w of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the sling.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then pointed out in the claim.

A represents a sling composed of the two ropes a a, united at their endsin two rings, 1) b, and held apart at the center by a cross-piece, 1).Several ofthese slings will be built into the load of hay, and acoupler, B, and elevating-rope C will be used for elevating the slingand the hay held by them from the wagon to the stack or mow.

The coupler B is provided with the jaws D D, for holding the head 6 ofthe hook E, and these jaws are housed by a casing composed of the framed and side plates, d (P. The frame (Z is extended to form the bail dthrough which the elevator-rope 0 passes in lifting the slings. The jawsD D are pivoted upon the stud f, and their upper ends are connected tothe sliding block f by the links f The block f is held in the slots f f,made in the side plates, (1 (1 so that by moving the block f downwardthe upper ends of the jaws D will be drawn toward each other and thelower ends correspondingly opened to receive or release the hook E. Bylifting the block f in the slots (1 the jaws D may be closed upon thehead of the hook E for holding it firmly when thrust between the jawsthrough the opening g at the lower end of the coupler. For operating theblock f at a distance for releasing the hook E, a cord, F, will beattached to said blockand passed down through the eye h, which serves asa guide, so that by pulling downward upon said rope the jaws may beopened.

In use, to elevate the sling and contents, the elevator-rope C is passedthrough the bail d and attached to one of the rings 1'), then the hook Eis attached to the other ring I) and its head inserted in the couplerand secured. The rope C will then be drawn to elevate the sling andcontents, and the first movement of the rope C will draw the slingfirmly upon its load. The sling and contents will then be elevated andcarried to the place of deposit, either upon a stack or ,upon a mow, andthe operator will then pull upon the cord F, which will cause the jaws Dto release the hook E. The coupler and sling will be retained by therope C and brought back to the load ready to repeat the operation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The coupler B, formed with the bail (Z and provided with the jaws D D,and a sliding block, f connected to the upper ends of the jaws by thelinks f substantially as described.

JAY TONEY.

Vitnesses:

B. F. FERGUSON, I. 8. BALL.

